Independence Day: Resurgence...eh.
I remember the summer and fall of 1996. My best friend at the time, Jobed, and I watched and quoted Independence Day religiously. I even played the game on my Sega Genesis. #OldSkoolGamer I was admittedly skeptical about the movie. This was due largely in part to the fact that Will Smith was not involved. Still, the kid in me had to see the film. The exposition for the 20 year gap was clumsy and felt redundant as it kept getting brought up. I could forgive this, if there had
Unenchanted: A Book Review
I recently finished Unenchanted by Chanda Hahn. I am a big fan of fairy tales and love to see them reimagined. Hahn attempts to bring not only fairy tales, but the myth of the Grimm curse to the 21st century. The Grimm curse has been mentioned in movies and the show Grimm where a Grimm descendant is responsible for either keeping stories in line or fairy tale creatures in their place. The narrative is centered around a young girl named Mina, who is unaware of her ancestry., i
The Maze Runner: Film Review
I finally got to the theater to watch this movie. After reading the book, I can't really say that I had high expectations for the film. I could easily see, however, why the book would be optioned into a film. This past decade has basically been the decade for young adult novels being adapted for the screen, and I am not complaining. It makes sense a book that’s sold more than 3 million copies to be adapted. James Dashner’s series already has a following (I assume since there
Page to Screen Vol. 2.2: A Dame to Kill For
I was really excited to see this movie...but was let down. The film tried to tie to way too many things in the first book and tie up the loose strings from the first movie. It was a hot, boring, slow mess. Visually stunning as usual, the sequel did not live up to its predecessor. Casting wasn't as strong either. Eva Green as the femme fatale, Ava, fell a little flat for me. Crowd favorites Marv (Mickey Rourke), Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) and Gail (Rosario Dawson) returned
Page to Screen: Vol. 2: Sin City A Dame to Kill For
I just picked up Sin city: A Dame to Kill For the graphic novel and finished it almost as quickly as I picked it up, and wow! This book packs a punch. I will be very careful in what I reveal about the book. I don’t want to give anything away to new readers or people who get super angry at spoilers. There is kind of a little spoiler in here though…so…don’t hate me! The story begins by introducing the audience to Dwight. He is a photographer and is hired to take photos of a di
Page to Screen Vol. 1.2: The Giver
So I went so see the film adaptation of The Giver last night. While it was not what I expected, I was not disappointed. The movie begins with Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), our protagonist, narrating the rules and giving a little back-story about the community. This sets up the culture that has been established within the Community nicely. Instead of beginning a couple days or so before the Ceremony of Twelve, it starts almost right before what the movie called their graduation ce
Page to Screen Vol 1: The Giver
One of my favorite and most annyoing things in the world are film adaptations of books I loved. I've started a page to screen series as there are more and more books being adapted to the screen. I'm starting the first one of the series with The Giver, as I will be watching the movie tonight. I was also fortunate enough to co-teach this controversial and previously banned book to seventh grade class with mixed English proficiencies. I just wanted to go over what the book was
The Maze Runner Book Review
In trying to clear my mind, I've taken back to reading. It's amazing. I love it. Do it. There are spoilers after this point. You have been warned. Boom. I recently got wrapped up in reading The Maze Runner by James Dashner. In short, the story is set in an apocalyptic, dystopian future with brain wiped teenaged boy geniuses going through a series of hardships only to discover all of their pain and deaths of their friends were part of an elaborate experiment. The teenagers are
Guardians of the Galaxy
As a self-proclaimed geek, I was somewhat excited, although speculative, to see Guardians of the Galaxy. Now, what I'm about to say my surprise you, but I never was really into the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series only because it didn't grab my attention. So, I thought that I should at least give the movie a chance. One could argue the film's adaptability to the comics is off for a number of reasons, costume, make-up, storyline, inaccuracies with timeline, etc... How
San Diego Comic Con Level Noob
For years I've wanted to go to San Diego Comic Con, also referred to as, the big one, Geek Mecca, and so on and so forth... This year I was fortunate enough to secure a one day pass on Saturday July 26, 2014. I. Was. Stoked. After checking my registration pass, however, I was a little confused. Basically there was some misinformation on how, when and where to pick up the badges largely due to what I assume was a typo. My significant other (SO) and I chanced it anyway and wen
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